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Sakarya University

In research, Sakarya University stands highest in Social Sciences (#455 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#741 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#457 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Ceramics and Composites — Museology is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,055
of 28,054 · #2,159 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#4
of 308
Research works
17k
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
170k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Sakarya University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #455 of 10,521 17.5%2,467 #1038
Health SciencesDomain #741 of 11,982 8.7%1,016 #2617
Social SciencesField #457 of 6,365 18.0%1,104 #1058
Arts and HumanitiesField #153 of 1,998 14.9%525 #527
Physical SciencesDomain #1,083 of 12,888 15.8%1,897 #1793
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #217 of 1,775 26.8%179 #648
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #179 of 1,272 28.4%151 #544
MedicineField #1,698 of 10,443 7.5%799 #3715
EngineeringField #1,093 of 6,636 13.9%827 #1350
EducationSubfield #385 of 1,892 24.4%282 #708

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sakarya University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,038 #455
  2. Health Sciences#2,617 #741
  3. Social Sciences#1,058 #457
  4. Arts and Humanities#527 #153
  5. Physical Sciences#1,793 #1,083
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#648 #217
  7. Economics and Econometrics#544 #179
  8. Medicine#3,715 #1,698
  9. Engineering#1,350 #1,093
  10. Education#708 #385
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Sakarya University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 73.6 works10×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 68.2 works7.1×
  3. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 20.6 works5.1×
  4. PhilosophySubfield · 107.0 works4.3×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 103.1 works3.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 158 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 113 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 320 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 72 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 827 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 173 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 245 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 142 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 799 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.17× its world share, 525 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.46× its world share, 270 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.46× its world share, 179 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 328 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1,104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sakarya University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ramazan Akdemir, C. Bindal and İlhan Hacıbekiroğlu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sakarya University.

  1. 1 Ramazan Akdemir Türkiye · #5,313 worldwide 776 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 C. Bindal Türkiye · #84,038 worldwide 285 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 İlhan Hacıbekiroğlu Türkiye · #277,101 worldwide 103 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 S. Zeki Yıldız Türkiye · #303,796 worldwide 100 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Sakin Zeytin Türkiye · #349,422 worldwide 119 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Mustafa Zahid Yıldız Türkiye · #375,947 worldwide 38 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 İmdat Taymaz Türkiye · #388,962 worldwide 114 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Uğur Şen Türkiye · #397,118 worldwide 88 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Alı Fuat Erdem Türkiye · #416,341 worldwide 33 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Ali Balcı Türkiye · #425,086 worldwide 35 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Sakarya University

Which keywords describe research at Sakarya University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Sufism, Ottoman Empire, Teacher Training, Student Perceptions, Distance Education and Professional Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Heritage272▲ 8.7×18 topics
  2. Mental Health217▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Education172▲ 1.74×61 topics
  4. Social Media142▲ 1.74×31 topics
  5. Teacher Training139▲ 3.9×17 topics
  6. Qualitative Research129▲ 2.6×17 topics
  7. Sufism123▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Ottoman Empire119▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties115▲ 2.1×34 topics
  10. Nationalism110▲ 4.2×20 topics
  11. Student Perceptions98▲ 9.3×7 topics
  12. Distance Education96▲ 8.1×4 topics
  13. Culture94▲ 3.1×17 topics
  14. Professional Development93▲ 8.1×9 topics
  15. Learning88▲ 5.2×7 topics
  16. Ethnography88▲ 8.8×8 topics
  17. Teaching86▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Psychological Functioning84▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Therapy83▲ 7.3×6 topics
  20. Covid-19 Pandemic81▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Metaphors81▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Teacher Perspectives81▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Social Systems80▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Family Constellations80▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Genetic Processes80▲ 44×1 topic
  26. Content Analysis72▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Rituals70▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Folklore70▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Mythology70▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Storytelling70▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Traditional Beliefs69▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Turkish Culture69▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Quarantine68▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Divan Poetry63▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Turkish Literature63▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Educational Research63▲ 7.5×5 topics
  37. Theology62▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Islamic Studies60▲ 35×2 topics
  39. Mu'tazilite Thought59▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Religious Language59▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Sakarya University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Families in Therapy and Culture, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies and Turkish Literature and Culture.

Education Practices and …81Education Practices and Challenges: 81 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …80Families in Therapy and Culture: 80 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…69Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 69 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…63Turkish Literature and Culture: 63 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 59 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 51 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…46Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 46 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies45Historical Turkish Studies: 45 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…43Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 43 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and So…36Turkey's Politics and Society: 36 fractional works
PhilosophySocial PsychologyMuseologyLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 81 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 80 works
  3. 3 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 69 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 63 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 59 works
  6. 6 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 51 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 46 works
  8. 8 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 45 works
  9. 9 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 43 works
  10. 10 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 36 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available67.0%not open33.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sakarya University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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